<p>why michigan?</p>
<p>football, cooler people, and not having a color as your mascot.</p>
<p>Ya know, they're really not as different as you'd think. Both big. Cold weather. Super reputation/prestige/ranking. Smart kids and faculty. In small-to-medium college towns. Good business programs.</p>
<p>In fact, somewhere on the Cornell website (I can't find it right now), it says, we combine the top academics of an Ivy with the size and school spirit of a Big Ten.</p>
<p>Btw, don't underestimate Cornell sports. The quality in the major sports isn't great, but the Ivy rivalries are very heated and fun. And C is good in sports like lacrosse and wrestling that Mich doesn't emphasize or doesn't even have.</p>
<p>The team NAME is the Big Red, but technically the MASCOT is a bear.</p>
<p>Personally I'd choose C over M if I were OOS at M and had to pay top dollar. But I'd go with M if in-state. The similarities are greater than the differences.</p>
<p>i'm actually cornell instate</p>
<p>yeah, if you are out of state, cornell is better. in Michigan, the tuition is a steal.</p>
<p>UMich=great college atmosphere... i.e. sports and all that ****. D-1 Sports>all</p>
<p>I know equal numbers of people (all over 30 years old) that went to Michigan and Cornell. The general consensus is that Michigan is a lot more fun and far less competitive. Career prospects are basically equal.</p>
<p>Do you know what you want to major in? This may well impact your decision.</p>
<p>My friend's parents (both of them) transfered from Mich to Cornell.</p>
<p>I attended both schools (Michigan for undergrad and Cornell for graduate school). Those two schools have much in common. If you like the outdoors and natural beauty, I'd say Cornell may be a better fit. If you prefer an active and spirited campus, Michigan has the slight edge. In terms of academics, reputation and future academic and professional aspirations, I'd say Cornell and Michigan are even. In fact, if you really want to understand how similar those two universities really are, consider this:</p>
<p>1) Cornell was founded by two men: a visionary (Ezra Cornell) and an intellectual (Adrew Dickson White). The latter had been a professor at the University of Michigan for close to 15 years before joing the former in the founding of Cornell.</p>
<p>2) 6 of Cornell's 12 presidents (including the first Andrew Dickson White and the second Charles Kendall Adams, Frank H. T. Rhodes, ) were recruited directly from the Michigan campus.</p>
<p>Given the influence Michigan men have had on Cornell's formative years and recent years, it is easy to understand why those two schools have so much in common.</p>
<p>One should pick Cornell over Michigan if one wishes to:
1) study Hotel Management, Labor and Industrial Relations or Agriculture.
2) enjoy the great outdoors
3) be in a small, rural college town</p>
<p>One should pick Michigan over Cornell if one wishes to:
1) be in a centrally located, large college town
2) enjoy rabid school spirit centered around football and hockey
3) see huge, obese squirrels and feed them too!</p>
<p>It should be noted that Ann Arbor is literally 1,000 times cooler than Ithaca. I live in Ann Arbor and have visited my cousin at Cornell in Ithaca. Ithaca has a really, hmmm, "alternative" feel.</p>
<p>lol about the obese squirrels :P</p>
<p>like everyone else said, they are pretty equal.. personally, i would choose cornell, partly because i just like ithaca better than ann arbor :x</p>
<p>Cornell is pretty big into hockey, too. Almost everything our student section does now is stuff we stole from Cornell in either the late 80s or early 90s.</p>
<p>Michigan's wrestling team is just as good as Cornell but it only has a club lacrosse team.</p>
<p>Cornell and Mich are two awesome schools period.</p>
<p>I'm applying to both, but even if I get into Cornell, I would probably choose Michigan. </p>
<ul>
<li><p>The sports get talked about a lot, but the ARTS are forgotten - the theatre and music scene in AA is substantially better than Cornell's. But Cornell has a better visual art program.</p></li>
<li><p>Anything in the policy/poli sci/ethics/psychology/law, etc is going to be way better at Michigan.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Since I'm planning to study theatre and public policy, Michigan seems like a naturally better choice for me. And I'm instate, so...</p>
<p>Renin, I would not go as far as to say that Michigan is "way better" than Cornell in Political Science and Psychology, although since Michigan is ranked #1 or #2 in those two fields, it is obvious that Michigan is better than Cornell. Still, Cornell is pretty strong accross the academic board. I'd say that Michigan has a stronger Business school and is slightly stronger in the Social Sciences and Humanities whereas Cornell is slightly stronger than Michigan in the Sciences. In Engineering, they are even. </p>
<p>I would also say that for Theatre, Michigan is stronger in Musical Theatre whereas Cornell is probably stronger in Drama and conventional Theatre. </p>
<p>I definitely agree that for the Arts (both visual and performance), Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan offer more than Cornell or Ithaca, but again, Cornell and Ithaca aren't bad at all.</p>
<p>In short, both schools are awesome and I would recommend both of them equally depending on one's personal preferences.</p>
<p>My sister went to Cornell undergrad, I went to Michigan undergrad. From what she has said, Cornell is a grind. The grading and coursework is some of the hardest of the Ivy League, according to her. From my own experience, Michigan was as intense or as laid back as you want.</p>
<p>Roscoe's got it.</p>
<p>Last year I choose between Cornell and Michigan. The schools are very similar. I'll admit that I did like Cornell a little more, but there was no way I could justify spending an extra $25,000/year to attend Cornell over Michigan.</p>
<p>Pretty much if I were out-of-state for UM, I would choose Cornell. In-state and you are crazy to pass up UM.</p>
<p>I don't get your point dsmo and roscoe. Are you saying that Cornell is a better fit for you than Michigan? Because in terms of quality, reputation, opportunities, undergraduate focus etc...they are pretty much identical. Unless you mean to say that Ithaca and the Cornell campus atmosphere suit you better.</p>